There will be no renovation for Sun Life Stadium, after the Florida legislature declined to vote on a bill that would have cleared the way for nearly $400 million in taxpayer money. But if a stadium upgrade is so important, couldn't the Dolphins just pay for it themselves? "We have no intention of investing more," CEO Mike Dee said.

No matter the outcome, the fight to get $289 million from a hotel tax increase and $90 million in sales tax rebates was going to be fairer than the process that stuck Miami-Dade with Marlins Park. There was going to be a referendum, to actually give voters the chance to decide where their money goes. But that referendum is off, as the Florida House, under pressure from Miami-Dade area politicians, refused to call a vote on Friday, the last day of the legislative session.

CEO Mike Dee made very clear yesterday that with the bill dead, so are any hopes of Sun Life renovations. He also pointedly declined to answer whether the Dolphins are committed to staying in Miami. It's rare and refreshing to hear the stadium financing scam put so starkly by a football executive: We will not put our own money into our own stadium, and since the taxpayers won't pay for it, we'll threaten to move.